Improved feather duster



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A. GOODENOUGH,

()F NEWv YORK, N. Y.

Letters PatentI`No. 98,1 59, dated January 11, l1870.

IMPROVED FEATHER `ID'U'STEIR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, M.I A. GooDENoUGH, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented i anew and useful Improvement in Feather Dusters;

block, showing the manner in which my dexible orspring-centre is constructed and connected with the handle.

Similar letters of reference indicate, corresponding arts. p A is the handle, having a row of holes, B, in its end, into which.the long feathers of the cluster are inserted.

C is the centre-block, into which the centre feathers of the dus'ter are inserted.

The block- C is connected with the handle Aby means of a universal joint formed of the rods D D, and by the spiral spring E, around the joint, and confined between the block C and the handle A, as seen in the drawing. Thespring is compressed when the rods are joined together, as seen, so that the tendency of it is to force the block and the handle from each other, and thereby forma highly elastic connection.

To prevent the centre-block from being drawn from the handle, and for the purpose of making the connection perfectly strong and durable, I attach the rods DtJo/the blockand to the handle, by means of plugs F F, each of which is formed of two pieces, or semi- 4circular parts, which are placed together around the rods, after the ends of the rods have been turned to a right angle, as seen, to prevent their withdrawal.

Then the plugs are thus placed around the rods, they are driven into the block and handle, suitable holes being bored therefor, where they are glued and lsecurely fastened.

Gr is the universal joint, formed byeyes, which hook-together, as seen in the drawing.

The rods D D may he passed through solid plugs?V instead of plugs in two or more parts, and the ends of the rods may be bent afterward, to prevent their being pulled out, or the ends of the rods may be provided with screw-nuts, or they may be screwed in any other manner.

In case firm or hard wood is used for the handles, or for the centre-block, the rods may be' screwed therein suiiiciently tight to form a durable connection. In order to make the cluster light, the handle is usually made of light wood; and with such wood, I have found" the above Inode of fastening, is simple and durable.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A feather duster,` having the handle A perforated in its centre, the plugs F, the jointed rods DvD, and the spring E, all constructed and adjusted as and for the purpose specified,

the most desirable, as it M. A. GOODENOUGH.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. MABEE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

the correspondingly-perforated block C, 

